119 Mustek’s head office in Midrand, Johannesburg Printing and packaging firm Novus Holdings’ offer to buy out other shareholders in technology group Mustek has hit another hurdle. The two companies said in…
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Bitcoin devours electricity meant for the world’s poor
133 For seven decades, poor countries wanting to get rich have turned again and again to dams. For the post-independence leaders of Egypt and Ghana in the 1950s, hydroelectricity and sovereignty were…
BYD reportedly launching sub-R400 000 electric car in South Africa
132 BYD’s Atto 1 BYD – the Shenzhen-headquartered vehicle manufacturer sometimes referred to as “China’s Tesla” – will launch its lowest-model to date, the Atto 1, in South Africa next month, at…
Trump tariffs to slam South Africa
129 Trade minister Parks Tau South Africa faces a 30% tariff on its exports to the US starting next week, a move expected to cost tens of thousands of jobs after the…
Tim Cook says Apple ready to open its wallet to catch up in AI
163 Apple CEO Tim Cook. Carlos Barria/Reuters Apple CEO Tim Cook signalled on Thursday the iPhone maker was ready to spend more to catch up to rivals in artificial intelligence by building…
EU kills ‘Fair Share’ plan favoured by South African operators
131 The European Commission does not think that imposing a network fee on big technology companies is a viable solution to the debate over who should fund the roll-out of 5G and…
Court torpedoes R200-billion Karpowership plan for good
130 A Karpowership vessel is seen in this file photo. Image: Supplied A plan to station floating power-generation ships in three South African ports, a project championed by former energy minister Gwede…
Stuck in neutral, Apple misses the AI moment
126 Apple’s earnings report is unlikely to give investors the catalyst they’ve been looking for to revive the iPhone maker’s struggling stock price. The technology behemoth is expected to post profit and…
MTN launches rent-to-own smartphones for prepaid users
143 MTN’s mobile money business in South Africa, known as MoMo, said on Thursday that it will make 4G and 5G smartphones available on credit to prepaid customers – without the need…
Key victory for Vodacom in high-stakes ‘please call me’ battle
100 Nkosana Makate in court earlier this year The constitutional court has granted Vodacom leave to appeal in its ongoing legal battle with “please call me” inventor Nkosana Makate, meaning the case…
